Buckle magazine charging stick



April 19, 1.938. CHABQN 2,114,795

I BUCKLE MAGAZINE CHARGING STICK Filed Nov. 13, 1.956

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INVENTOR. mw/w amawu ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 19, 1933 BUCKLE MAGAZINECHARGING STICK Irving Chabon, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 13, 1936, Serial No. 110,671

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for holding a quantity of buckles,loops or slides for the shoulder straps of brassieres, corsets, slips orthe like and the same comprehends an improved device of this nature forfacilitating the operation of charging the magazine of a machineemployed for assemblying the buckles, loops or slides with the shoulderstraps.

The invention more particularly resides in the provision of an elongatedcharging stick preferably constructed of an inexpensive light Weightmaterial such as thin metal stock or paper or fiberboard, and whichstick is formed at one end with an enlarged head, at the opposite endwith a pointed terminal, and includes a removable retaining elementanchored to the stick adjacent the pointed terminal for confining thecharge of buckles, loops or slides between said element and the enlargedhead.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, reference is now made tothe following specification and the accompanying drawing in which thereis disclosed a preferred form of the invention, while the appended claimcovers variations and modifications which fall within the scope of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a charging stick constructed inaccordance with the invention and illustrating a quantity of slidesarranged thereon.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the stick with the slides removed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken approximately onthe line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the stick with a loop supplythereon.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, l0 designates anelongated strip of material, such as thin metal stock, compressed paperor fiber board, or any equivalent inexpensive material which is stampedfrom the stock to provide an enlarged head H at one end thereof and apointed terminal I2 at the opposite end. The

slides l3 or other equivalent articles are threaded onto the stick byinserting the pointed end through the openings thereof, the crosssectional size of the stick being such as to dispose the slides or otherequivalent articles in longitudinal alignment so that the same, when fedfrom the stick into the magazine to charge the same, are disposed inproper alignment in the magazine, it being understood that the stick iswithdrawn and discarded.

In order to retain the slides or equivalent articles #3 on the stick,suitable means is provided which is anchored to the stick adjacent thepointed terminal i2, between which means and the enlarged head I l, theslides or articles are confined. As particularly illustrated in thepresent instance, the stick is formed with a perforation 54 adjacent thepointed terminal l2 through which a wire i5 is inserted and bent to aposition to retain itself in place and provide a stop with which theendmost slide or article engages. It is, of course, obvious that whenthe slides or articles are to be introduced into the magazine of themachine, the wire or retaining element i5 is removed.

What is claimed is:

A magazine charging stick for lingerie shoulder strap buckles, loops,slides or similar articles, having openings of like size comprising anelongated member fashioned from a length of sheet material providing aflat flexible shank of a cross sectional size to snugly fit the openingsof said articles, and including a head at one end thereof havingoppositely projecting lateral extensions in the plane of the shank, oneedge of the shank being cut obliquely to provide a pointed terminal atthe opposite end, and provided with an aperture adjacent the pointedterminal, and a deformable means removably extending through saidaperture and bent to a position to retain itself in place and to providea stop for confining the articles between the same and the head.

IRVING CHABON,

